John Buccigross created his own list of the top 100 players in the game today. It's a pretty good read if you have some time. Obviously with a list like this there will be a lot of disagreement but it's still pretty interesting.

It's a pretty decent list overall, I think. Making a list like this would be hard as hell so I give him credit there. Two major problems I have with it though. Backstrom (WSH) and Rinne at 94 and 93 respectively. Both should be way higher, IMO

Staggy wrote:It's a pretty decent list overall, I think. Making a list like this would be hard as hell so I give him credit there. Two major problems I have with it though. Backstrom (WSH) and Rinne at 94 and 93 respectively. Both should be way higher, IMO

yeah, im not part of the camp that thinks backstrom is amazing or anything, but he should be well ahead of jordan staal on anyone's list. and i think staal is a hell of a player. just not 40 places higher than backstrom

Rylan wrote:For the record, it was players you would want for the 2012 playoffs. Rinne has been a less than stellar goalie in the post season.

He's only been in the playoffs in his career the last two years and has been pretty good. A helluva lot better than Quick's two years in the playoffs and Quick is 40+ places ahead of Rinne. That's a joke, though Toews being that high is more of a head-scratcher.

These are so hard to do.Ones that stand out to me more than any others.Nash at 19... lololololJeff Skinner at 25 - way too earlyTomas Vanek at 39 - maybe where Nash should be with Vanek then being proportionately furthe down the list.Matt Moulson at 49 - great story, super consistent past three years, but, yeah, no.Mikko Koivu at 57 - way too high/low (should be top 25)Jimmy Howard at 68 -- put him on another team and see him fall out of the top 100Christian Ehrhoff at 72 -- should not be on this listLoui Eriksson at 77 -- switch him with VanekRinne at 93 -- has he ever watched the Preds?Backstrom at 94 -- worst on the list, are you kidding, Bucci? (Behind the likes of Mike Fisher, Tomas Plekanec, Joe Pavelski)

Kraftster wrote:These are so hard to do.Ones that stand out to me more than any others.Nash at 19... lololololJeff Skinner at 25 - way too earlyTomas Vanek at 39 - maybe where Nash should be with Vanek then being proportionately furthe down the list.Matt Moulson at 49 - great story, super consistent past three years, but, yeah, no.Mikko Koivu at 57 - way too high/low (should be top 25)Jimmy Howard at 68 -- put him on another team and see him fall out of the top 100Christian Ehrhoff at 72 -- should not be on this listLoui Eriksson at 77 -- switch him with VanekRinne at 93 -- has he ever watched the Preds?Backstrom at 94 -- worst on the list, are you kidding, Bucci? (Behind the likes of Mike Fisher, Tomas Plekanec, Joe Pavelski)

I usually don't want to get into the "x should be that much higher than y ZOMG!!" rants but fisher ahead of Backstrom?